'When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras' - the old adage is well-known to GPs but what should you do when faced with a zebra, not a horse? Consultant cardiologist Professor Robert Tulloh and GP Dr Louise Tulloh kick off our new series with their advice on how to catch Kawasaki disease in general practice.

The GPC has now accepted managers’ pledges on GP workload and decided not to hold a ballot. But Dr Applebee will continue her campaigning for a more militant stance: ‘General practice is in crisis now and we don’t have time for protracted talking.’

Her campaigning nature has endeared her to colleagues, who highlighted how she ‘works tirelessly as chair of our LMC to support GPs’ and ‘campaigns for rights of patients and refugees and against social injustice’.

Dr Appleby was heavily involved in mobilising local doctors during the junior doctors’ strike in her role as BMA honorary secretary of Tower Hamlets and the Unite union representative on GPC, including organising rallies and picket lines.